Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
IBM AIX FTP Server UID Switching Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51009
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-19
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the FTP service switching UIDs
after a user logs in, which can be exploited to access otherwise
restricted file.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 6.1 and 7.1.
SOLUTION:
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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (IV28715, IV23331, IV28785, IV28787):
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc
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